ABC 10’s John Bartell went out in the field with SASD’s crews to
see how we deal with fats, oils, and grease in the sewer, which
is an especially vexing problem during the holiday cooking
season. Watch the report
here.

SASD shared Stop the Clog messages and materials at the Rental
Housing Association of Sacramento Valley’s RHExpo at Cal Expo on
September 28. RHExpo is the largest educational conference
and tradeshow for the local rental housing industry.

Hundreds of regional rental housing owners, property managers,
and maintenance personnel attended, stopping by the SASD booth to
get tips on helping tenants learn the proper methods of disposing
of fats, oils, and grease (FOG).

SASD had a busy weekend at the Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin & Harvest
Festival on October 4-5. Staff connected with hundreds
of families through educational fun & games and giveaways
that promote sewer-friendly messages like “Stop the Clog.”

Stop the Clog Program Manager Jan Holm (right), along with
Patricia Thompson (center) and Kim Green (left), shared the
message to “Can It! Scrape It! Trash It!” at the Rental Housing
Association of Sacramento Valley’s RHExpo at Cal Expo on
September 18. Hundreds of local rental housing owners, property
managers, and maintenance personnel attended, stopping by the
SASD booth to get tips on helping tenants learn the proper
methods of disposing of fats, oils, and grease.

FOG program manager Jan Holm visited Good Day
Sacramento to educate viewers about what can happen to your pipes
and garbage disposal when you put foods that contain FOG down the
sink or garbage disposal.

The Rental Housing Association (RHA) awarded SASD its Community Partner of the Year Award for SASD’s partnership with RHA on the Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) awareness program. SASD’s Jan Holm, Program Coordinator, accepted the award on behalf of SASD during RHA’s Stellar Awards event held at the Crest Theatre on March 13.

RHA’s Stellar Awards honors one or more individuals or organizations for their outstanding contributions to the Sacramento rental housing industry.

“I’m proud of the relationship SASD and RHA have developed,” said Jan Holm. “This award exemplifies that relationship and our mutual goal to provide the rental housing community with tools they need to educate and encourage their tenants to properly dispose of FOG. The more we can get the word out to all residents to ‘Can It! Scrape It! Trash It!,’ the greater likelihood we can prevent a sewer system back up or overflow.”

RHA is a non-profit organization serving rental owners and property managers in the Sacramento Valley region. Its members own or manage more than 80,000 rental units, from single-family homes to apartment communities.

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) recently participated
in SMUD’s first-ever Green Restaurant Symposium. We were excited
to share tips and tools with restaurant owners on how to properly
keep fats, oils, and grease out of the sewer
system. Watch
the story!

Sacramento Area Sewer District is in the news for the upcoming
holiday season reminding Sacramento area residents to keep their
household kitchen drains clog-free from fats, oils and grease.
See SASD’s feature in the Elk Grove Citizen
here.

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) is excited to have
recently won another national Publication Excellence award from
the 2013 APEX Awards for its Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG)
Program. SASD’s 2012 FOG Media Campaign won an Award of
Excellence in the “Campaigns, Programs and Plans –
Government Agency Communications” category. The APEX Awards,
sponsored by the Communications Concepts Inc., holds an annual
competition for publishers, editors, writers and designers who
create print, web, electronic and social media.

Sacramento Area Sewer District recently attended the Rental
Housing Association of Sacramento Valley Vendor Showcase Event at
The Sacramento Bee to talk with local Sacramento rental owners
about the importance of educating tenants on how to properly
dispose of fats, oils and grease. You already know the drill…
say it with us! CAN IT. SCRAPE IT. TRASH IT.

The Sacramento Area Sewer District is excited to announce the
launch of our new our new YouTube channel: YouTube.com/SacSewer. Make
sure to subscribe to keep up-to-date with all our new videos!

To kick things off, we’re featuring a new video just out of the
production room… Do you know what FOG is? How do you think your
neighbors dispose of fats, oils, and grease? What kind of mess do
you think a sewer pipe disaster would create? We asked local
Sacramento area residents to see what they have to say!

The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) and Rental Housing
Association (RHA) were winners at the Sacramento Environmental
Commission’s 14th Annual Environmental Recognition Awards
Program, receiving a honorable mention in the category of
“Achievement of a Successful Environmental Education/Outreach
Program.”

RHA has partnered with SASD to educate its members and tenants
about sewer problems related to fats, oils, and grease (FOG).
Proper FOG disposal is important to help reduce sewer overflows
that are costly and environmentally hazardous.

The Sacramento Area Sewer District continued to be in the news
this past holiday season, reminding Sacramento-area residents to
keep their household kitchen drains clog-free from fats, oils,
and grease. News highlights included coverage from the
Sacramento Bee and Crossings TV. Cheers to another
successful clog-free holiday season!

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